Sentences with phrase «in weed control»

Weed management can be a tough challenge in organic cropping systems since growers don't have herbicides in their weed control arsenal.

The same course happened in weed control and herbicides, and it's happening as we go down the path of flea poisons.

Growing a broadleaf crop where cereals are produced can provide growers with a greater flexibility in weed control options, especially if grassy weeds have become a problem.»

Meanwhile, other players were down in the weeds controlling heros as if they were playing any other MOBA.

Not exact matches

FOUNDED: by Neal A. DeAngelo and Paul DeAngelo in 1978 BUSINESS: Provides weed - control services for railroads, utilities, and large industrial sites START - UP CAPITAL: $ 2,000 ESTIMATED 1997 REVENUES: $ 12 million

The link between Montsanto and Sumitomo is also weak — Montsanto does not manufacture or sell larvicides, and does not own any part of Sumitomo, although the companies do partner in the area of weed control in Latin America.

Special interest control, whether in the name of capitalism or communism, supporting a monopoly or a dictatorship, reflecting the views of a single individual or a group — must be weeded out in the interests of a maximum diversity of expression.

«We want to grow, but in a controlled fashion,» Weed says.

Rachel Vann delivered a presentation on the control of weeds in organic grain production throughout North Carolina.

In order to achieve biodynamic certification from Demeter, Lance had to take a local and low - input approach to weed control too.

[25] However, under US federal organic standards, if pests and weeds are not controllable through management practices, nor via organic pesticides and herbicides, «a substance included on the National List of synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production may be applied to prevent, suppress, or control pests, weeds, or diseases.»

The sugar cane is «green cut» or hand - harvested, and the tops of the sugar cane are left in the field to enrich the soil and control weeds.

No - till production has largely been considered to not be an option for organic producers due to challenges in controlling weeds.

The Organic Farmers Fair is a good momentum for suppliers in seeds and seedlings, fertilizers, composting technology, biological pest control, weed control systems, GPS systems, soil cultivation, greenhouse horticulture, research and advice.

For a generation of farmers raised on the idea that herbicides were the ultimate solution to weeds, creeping levels of resistance to chemical control opens the post-chemical chapter in weed management.

Herbicides are used on only 7 % of the alfalfa acreage in the country as «companion crops» in alfalfa fields are commonly utilized by dairy and beef producers for weed control and nutritional balance in livestock diets.

One is in charge of new plants, another is in charge of irrigation and fertilization and the third controls weeds and pests.

According to the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative (TOCMC), which grows the majority of the organic cotton in the U.S., its growers do not use any inputs for weed control, preferring to use mechanical tillage and hand weeding.

The technical guide explains the challenges that arable farmers face in control of creeping thistle, a persistent perennial weed.

As growers let nature take its course, says David Gates, vice president of operations at Ridge Vineyards in Cupertino, vineyards may not look pristine and pretty with neatly mowed rows and chemically controlled weeds.

Many orchardists spray to control weeds and nuisance fruit crop pests, or employ pheromone insect traps to minimise codling moth damage in particular.

Commonly used by farmers to control weeds, and Landcare groups to kill grass and weeds before tree planting, many don't have any qualms about using glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup ® — but not the Storti's and thousands of other organic farmers.

Past and current projects have focused on the control of volunteer canola, oat agronomy, pulse crops, controlling herbicide resistant weeds and weed control in organic agriculture.

The partnership will also advance research on non-genetically modified, herbicide - tolerant rice to safely control weed infestation in DSR systems.

He tells me that BOSF has identified roughly 110 edible wild / feral species in the Bay Area, most of which are actually non-native invasive species; meaning that foraging is essentially both food shopping and weed control, no pesticides required.

Well, there are a number of factors involved in this process, including: fertilizing, weed control, flowering and pollination, fruiting, and avoiding reaching the fruit load.

In the third year, herbicides were used in the non-organic system to control monocotyledonous weeds, while only biomass ashes were spread on the soil surface in the organic system for weed control, but also to prevent frost damagIn the third year, herbicides were used in the non-organic system to control monocotyledonous weeds, while only biomass ashes were spread on the soil surface in the organic system for weed control, but also to prevent frost damagin the non-organic system to control monocotyledonous weeds, while only biomass ashes were spread on the soil surface in the organic system for weed control, but also to prevent frost damagin the organic system for weed control, but also to prevent frost damage.

This is the result of higher energy input for mechanical measures like weed control in organic production and of lower mineral N - fertilization use in conventional production.

DuPont Crop Protection uses inclusive thinking to create answers in insect, weed and disease control that help growers...

Another common tactic for controlling weeds is raising and lowering the water in the rice fields to very high and low levels.

With weeds relatively under control, I managed to squeeze in one more garden bed!

In our continuing efforts to provide quality parks for our residents, the Arlington Heights Park District implements a broadleaf weed control program.

Despite all the talk of small farms disappearing, despite concerns of big ag controlling our food, GMOing everything and dousing it all in RoundUp, driving past my farm one might feel a flutter of relief, think there's a small farm right there where I can go and pick up a bag of organic baby kale, spot a bluebird resting on a fig branch, notice a patch of weeds growing among the lettuce.

Use it to control weeds in your garden or flowerbeds while making sure they still get the water, air, and nutrients they need to bloom.

Other recent changes in agriculture include hydroponics, plant breeding, hybridization, gene manipulation, better management of soil nutrients, and improved weed control.

A somber picture of the struggle against super-weeds emerged today as scientists described the relentless spread of herbicide - resistant menaces like pigweed and horseweed that shrug off powerful herbicides and have forced farmers in some areas to return to the hand - held hoes that were a mainstay of weed control a century ago.

While the increase in EPSPS gene copies has created a nonsustainable way of controlling kochia with glyphosate - only programs, Jugulam said this resistance was evolved as the result of continuous use of glyphosate and the lack of herbicide diversity in controlling this weed.

Herbicides, however, remain the most effective tools for managing weeds in terms of overall control and for cost efficiency, Young emphasized.

In 2010, for example, Southeast Farm Press reported that the cost of weed control efforts on Georgia farms had risen from $ 25 per acre to $ 60 to $ 100 an acre in response to Palmer amaranth invasionIn 2010, for example, Southeast Farm Press reported that the cost of weed control efforts on Georgia farms had risen from $ 25 per acre to $ 60 to $ 100 an acre in response to Palmer amaranth invasionin response to Palmer amaranth invasions.

Giant Asian carp, introduced in the 1970s to control aquatic weeds, leap unsolicited into fishing boats along the Mississippi River.

«So, the idea,» she said, «was they did everything right to produce their best crop — their best seed, they fertilized it, they irrigated it — whatever they needed to do, but they just didn't control the weeds in the untreated plots, so we could see what kind of yield loss impact that would have.»

The authors added that biofabrics may be most useful in cool - season crops or warmer climates and in high tunnels where soil warming is usually adequate, but where moisture conservation and weed control are still critical.

From there they could see whether it's financially a viable option to control their weeds or just leave them in the field,» says Barnes.

The authors say preemergence weed control should be initiated in the fall or by early February to address the first flush of seedling emergence and seed production.

This method of weed control could be used in organic farms, he said.

Since the timing of weed emergence and seed persistence in the soil can influence the selection of effective weed control practices, researchers conducted a two - year study to explore kochia emergence patterns and seed persistence.

Researchers writing in the latest edition of the journal Weed Science are providing new insights into the control of herbicide - resistant kochia, a weed that competes with both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains staWeed Science are providing new insights into the control of herbicide - resistant kochia, a weed that competes with both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains staweed that competes with both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains states.

In controlled studies, exposure to the weed killer paraquat or the fungicides maneb and mancozeb was associated with two times the risk of developing the disease.

Introduced to control weeds and parasites in aquaculture, Asian carp have been crowding out native fish, compromising water quality and killing off sensitive species

But the government allowed farmers to begin ploughing the fields to control weeds in May.